Leather club-bag, chatelaine, and the like.



I. HOLMAN.

LEATHER. CLUB BAG, GHATELAINE, AND THE LIKE. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 8, 1911.

1,032,677.. Patented July 16, 1912.

//w /v TOR.

I. #04 MA N.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH CO-IWASHINOTON. D. c.

non.

IVEY HOLT/IAN, OF BERLIN, ONTARIO, CANADA.

LEATHER CLUB-BAG, CHATELAINE, AND THE LIKE.

inseam.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Application filed June 8, 1911.

Patented July 16, 1912.

Serial No. 632,079.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, IvnY HOLMAN, of the city of Berlin, in the county of \Vaterloo, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leather Club-Bags, Chatelaines, and the Like, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in leather club bags, chatelaines and the like, and the object of the invention is to devise a simple and cheaply constructed mouth for a leather bag or the like in which the body of the bag may be secured to the leather covered outside mouth frame by being machine sewn instead of hand sewn, and thereby not only cheapen the cost of the bag but also produce a bag of a superior finish both inside and outside of the mouth.

A further object is to reduce the amount of leather necessary to make the mouth and make it strong, better finished, dust proof and obviate entirely any sewing on the inside of the mouth.

To effect these objects my invention consists of the mouth of a bag comprising an outer U-shaped frame of flat metal forming one side of the mouth and an outer U-shaped frame of flat metal forming the opposite side of the mouth and hinged together in any usual manner, a covering of leather for the frame on each side of the mouth folded, so that the two edges are located outside of the frame and form means for connecting the body of the bag thereto by a suitable row of stitching and the inside angle frame, one frame for each side of the mouth, and suitably fastened to the outside flat frame on each side by rivets on one side and by the rivets of the plate and bolt plates and supplemental rivets on the opposite side, the angle frame being covered with leather preferably cemented thereto and the parts being otherwise constructed and arranged in detail as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a portion of a bag showing the mouth constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, is a cross section. Fig. 3, is an enlarged detail showing one side of the mouth. Fig. 4:, is an alternative form showing the body of the bag and mouth made in one piece extending over the outside frame of the mouth.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A is the body of the bag.

B B are the outer U-shaped frames which together form the outer frame of the mouth of the bag, both frames being made preferably of flat sheet metal. The U- shaped frames B B are each covered with a piece of leather C C folded in one fold around the top and ends of each U-shaped strip or bar C C respectively.

The top of the bag A has its edges A and A at the mouth secured to the registering edges of the folded pieces C and C respectively by rows of stitching 2 and 3 respec' tively. This row of stitching it will be readily seen can be effected by a machine so as to securely hold the body to the leather covered outer frame B B forming the outer portion of the mouth of the bag.

D D are the inner U-shaped frames, which are L or angle-shape in cross section and are provided with suitable end hinges E. The frames D and D are preferably provided with coverings of leather, such as shown in Fig. 3. The inner frames D and D are secured to the outer frame to complete the month by means of rivets. The angle U-shaped frame D at one side is secured to the flat U-shaped frame C at the same side by rivets 5 as indicated and the angle Ll-shaped frame D at the opposite side being secured to the flat U-shaped frame C at such side by the lock plate and bolt plate rivets commonly used and known and the supplemental rivets 6.

It will now be seen that both sides of the mouth of mybag are covered with leather with a perfect finish and there is no stitching or anything to make the interior of the bag when it is open unsightly.

The frame is attached to the body by means of the folded strips of leather hereinbefore referred to which are secured to the body at the mouth portion of the bag by machine sewn rows of stitching 2 and 3, which form a perfectly alined row of stitching, neater, better and more cheaply made than the customary hand sewn connection between the body and the frame, which is the common-way in which the body of the bag is connected to the frame according to the present method.

In Fig. 4:, I show the body of the bag A folded over the flat frame B and backwardly underneath the body and secured by stitching 3. This is a modification and indeed in some forms of bags may be readily adopted.

Both the principal form, which I have shown and the modified form can be adapted to bags and the like with facility by reason of the construction of the mouth, which I have hereinbefore described.

What I claim as my invention is In a bag, a mouth therefor comprising an outer frame consisting of a pair of inverted U-shaped strips of flat metal, a strip of leather folded over each metal strip and having its edges brought together and secured by machine stitching to the edges of the leather of the main portion of the bag, and a supplemental frame comprising angle irons bent in inverted U-shape form and arranged so as to abut the inner side of the inverted U-shaped strips of flat metal, rivets suitably formed and extending through the fiat metal frame and the abutting side of the angle iron inner frames to secure them together, the hinged ends of the combined inner and outer frames at each side being pivotally connected together at their extremities, and the exposed faces of the angle iron at one side being flush with the edge of the flat strip to which it is connected, and the exposed face of the angle iron at the opposite side being located back of the edge of the strip to which it is connected, so as to allow the outer frame at'the one side to pass under the outer frame at the opposite side and the exposed faces to abut each other as specified.

' IVEY HOLMAN.

lVitnesses E. P. CLEMENT, RUBIE M. FISHER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

